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Monday, October 19, 2009

Lesson 2: Greetings and common expressions (Tweede les: groeten en omgangstaal)

Hier je hebt groeten en elementaire uitdrukken in het nederlands:
[Here you have greetings and basic expressions in dutch language] 

Hallo!   [Hello!]
Hoi!   [Hi!]
Dag Miquel!   [Hello Miquel!]
Welkom.   [Welcome]

Dag!  [Bye!]
Tot ziens! [Good bye! / See you!]
Tot morgen [See you tomorrow]    /   Tot later.   [See you later]

Goedendag.   [Good day]   7:00 - 19:00h
Goedemorgen.   [Good morning]   7:00 - 12:00h
Goedenmiddag.   [Good afternoon]   12:00 - 19:00h
Goedenavond.   [Good evening]   19:00 - 22:00h
Goedenacht   [Good night]

Alstublieft   /  Alsjeblieft.   [Please]
Bedankt.   [Thanks]
Dank u / Dank je.   [Thank you (formal) / Thank you (informal)] 
Hartelijk dank.   [Thank you, very much]
Excuseer mijn.   [Excuse me]
Sorry!   [Sorry!]

Ja.   [Yes]
Nee.   [No]
Akkoord!   [Okay! / Agreed!]
Agfesproken!   [Understood! / Agreed!]
Ik begrijp het niet.   [I don't understand.]

Dutch pronunciation for common expressions and greetings: in this link you can listen these and other expressions, clicking on each word. If you don't heard it, maybe you need to download the needed codec (or a program like VLC media player). Note that the words in dutch are in the second row (the first row is the catalonian translation).

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Lesson 0: Introducing yourself (Les nul: zich voorstellen)

Welkom op deze cursus Nederlands (Welcome to this Dutch course)
Eerste les: zich voorstellen (Lesson one: Introducing yourself)
Ik ben Miquel. [I am Miquel]
Ik kom uit Spanje. [I come from Spain]
Ik ben student. [I am student]
Ik woon in Leuven. [I live in Leuven]
Ik ben in Berlin geboren. [I borned in Berlin]
Mijn naam is Miquel Lázaro. [My name is Miquel Lázaro]
Mijn voornaam is Miquel. [My first name is Miquel]
Mijn achternaam is Lázaro. [My family name is Lázaro]
Formeel [formal]:
Mijn naam is Lázaro.
Informeel [informal]:
Ik ben Miquel / Ik heet Miquel.

The blog presentation: Dutch course from Leuven (nederlands cursus uit Leuven)

This blog is about dutch, the dutch people language (and the flemish language). Dutch is called nederlands in dutch language.
The blog will also show information about Leuven, Flanders and Belgium: people, culture, heritage, nature, places and more (for travelling or for living)
My mother's language isn't dutch and isn't english. Due it, this blog will be a practice for me (while I learn dutch and I improve my english).
I hope you find usefull information and perhaps you learn dutch, Of course all comments are welcome.